Visible Labor: Inside the world of art handlers at Houston’s Center for Contemporary Craft
If you’ve ever visited an exhibition and wondered how an artist pulled something off, chances are good a preparator had something to do with it.
Eyes toward the future: Houston’s Hobby Center Builds a New Vision
As Houston’s Hobby Center for the Performing Arts celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2022, its board, staff and its new president and CEO Mark Folkes decided to get contemplative about their identity, especially when it comes to the “Center” in the name.
TX Studio: Adam Castañeda, processing life through dance
Dancer, choreographer and artistic director of Pilot Dance Project, Adam Castañeda didn’t begin dance training until his early twenties, yet he believes leaping over those childhood and adolescent studio years might have given him some advantages.
Amazing, Fabulous, Spectacular: New Works Light Up Fort Worth’s Amphibian Stage in 2024
It’s likely you’ve never heard of any of the titles in Amphibian Stage’s 2024 season, and that’s exactly how Kathleen Culebro wants it.
Women Making Art History: He Said/She Said at the Dallas Museum of Art
The DMA has been earnest and intentional in its efforts to acquire works by women and people of color over the past seven years and the current exhibition reflects that.
Power Structures: FotoFest Focuses on Critical Geography
Critical geography focuses in on oppressive, inequitable power relations in different areas.
Houston Chamber Choir’s Springtime: Stravinsky to Brubeck to Buller
The Houston Chamber Choir’s annual showcase of high school choirs was mere days away, and artistic director Robert Simpson was making the rounds of the featured schools to touch base.
Texas Studio: Bombshell Dance Project Goes Immersive
Long-time friends and former dancers for Dark Circles Contemporary Dance Emily Bernet and Taylor Rodman founded Bombshell Dance Project in Dallas in 2016.
Diversity, Connections and Community: Black Collage Comes to MFAH
Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage, on view Feb. 18 through May 12 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is the first museum survey of Black collage artists.
Pioneering Paintings by Janet Sobel Reunited at the Menil
Inspired by a gift from her grandson of one painting and four drawings, Janet Sobel’s early but short-lived career is now the subject of a compelling exhibition at the Menil Collection from Feb. 23 through Aug. 11.
Pleasures of the Floating World: Ukiyo-e at the Blanton
During the relatively peaceful, prosperous, but isolationist Edo period (1603-1868) in Japan, ukiyo-e flourished as a popular art form.
Old Friends, New Stories: Familiar faces meet provocative premieres in Uptown Players’ 2024 season
Since its founding in 2001, Uptown Players has put a heavy emphasis on relationships—not only with its patrons, the majority of whom identify as LGBTQ+, but also with its performers, musicians, crew, artistic and administrative staff, and playwrights and composers.